Shoe-last.



PATENTBD MAR. 3, 1908.

P. E. BENTON.

SHOE LAST.

APPLIOATION FILED AUG. 21, 1907.

INVENTOR 5 Z Allarmy WITNESSES M 7 Xfl/M" UNI D sTATas an we FRANCIS E. BENTON, OF STQUGHTON, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR or ONE-HALF TO woonWA'RD AND-WRIGHT, oroAMPELLo, MASSACHUSETTS.

SHOE-LAST,

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed August 2l| 190'7- Serial No. 339-568.

Patented March 3 i908.

To all whom it mag concern:

Be it known that I, FRANCIS E. BENTON, of Stoughton, in the county of Norfolk and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Shoe- Lasts; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilledin the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to improvements in the manufacture of shoe lasts and more par ticularly to the manner of application of-a nailing-plate to the heel portion of the last,

the object of the invention beingto apply a.

nailing-plate to the heel of a last in such manner as to. avoid projecting edges which might injure the lining of a shoe when the last is withdrawn from the latter.

- With this object in view, the invention consists in the manner of applying a nailingplate to the heel portion of a ast as herelnafter set forth and pointed outin the claims.

In the accompanying drawnigs, Figure 1 is a view of a nailing plate showing its form be fore it is secured to the last. Fig. 2 is a view of the plate secured to the heel portion of a last and prior to shaping same; Fig. 3 is a view of a portion of a last showing the nailing plate in its finished condition applied thereto,

and Fig. 4 is a view in transverse section of IIeretofore it has been customary to fit. a

nailing-plate to 'the heel portion of a last so that its edge will conform or aline with theedge of the last.

In the manufacture of shoes, much difliculty and annoyance have been caused by the edge of the nailing plate engaging and marring the lining of the shoe while the last is being withdrawn therefrom. In order to avoid this difficulty and to bev able to ap ly a nailing plate to any last without first s iaping the plate to fit the last, I take a plate 1, such ,as shown in Fig. 1 and preferably of a size slightly greater than the ottom ofthe heel-portion of the last 2, and bend it at its sideedges so that it will resent lips or flanges 3 WhlOll project slight y outward when the plate has been secured to the last. When the plate thus formed has been secured to the last by means of suitable fastening devices,spaces are left between the outwardly projecting lips 3 and the bottom of the heel portion of the last as shown in Fig. f

2..- These s aces will permit the insertion of one of the lades of a pair of shears, which will be employed to trim the fiangedpor- ,7

tion close to the juncture'thereof withthe body portion ofthe late 1. This will leave a very slight outwar projection on the plate,

removed slightly inward from the side edges" of the heel of the last thu'sleaving a margin of the last projecting .beyond the plate. These slight outward projections will now be hammered down so as to cause the'e'dge of the plate to lie closely against the bottom of the heel of the last and when the last is used in the manufacture of shoes, the outer edge. of the nailingplate will be disposed somewhat inward y from the outer edge of the heel portion.,of the last. outward projections above referred to are hammered down, any rough edges which.

When the slight might have been" leftdu'ring the process of shearing off the lips orlflanges 3, will be re 11' or ed.

I In applying the plate the rear ed "e thereof is set forward of the reariedge of t e last as is only necessary at the sides.

Having fully I claim as new and desire to secure by Let,- ters-Patent, is:-

shown in Fig. so that subsequentturning described my invention what 1'. The method herein described, consisting in forming'a flange or lip at the side edges of a heel .plate, securing said heel plate to a last, and trimming off the flanges inwardly of edges of the heel ortion of the last.

herein described, .consist ing in forming a flange at the side edges of a- 2. The metho heel plate, securing said heel plate to a'last,

trimming off the greater portion of said flanges and then hammering theedgeof the plate against the bottom of the heel portion ofthe last. p a In testimony whereof, I havelsigned this specification in the presence of. two subscrih ing witnesses! FRANCIS E. BENTON.

,Witnesses: I MARY R; KNOWLTON,

WILLIAM W. RISK. 

